The Good Earth Lesson Plan

At the beginning of the section, Wang Lung resolves to get his sons into the field quickly so they do not turn out like the ruined sons of the House of Hwang. What actually ends up happening with the sons? What are they like at the end of the section?

Wang Lung takes his sons out into the fields for a time, but he soon realizes that he has no one to read business documents for him, and he is embarrassed by his lack of knowledge. He decides to take his oldest son to school, and when the younger one complains he allows him to go also. The sons gain knowledge, but they also become discontent in their idleness away from the land. At the end of the section, Wang Lung's oldest...